Technology In Nursing and Health Care

March 5, 2010

Augusta, Athens or Aiken

Featured Speaker:
Roy L. Simpson, RN, C, DPNAP, FAAN

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PURPOSE
This program will provide information on technology that will transform nursing and health care education for the future.

TARGET AUDIENCE
Nurses, nurse educators and health care providers interested in current and future technologies impacting nursing and health care education and clinical practice.

OBJECTIVES

• Identify opportunities for innovation in nursing and health care
• Describe how information technology has changed health care roles
• Explore strategies to engage health care staff in utilizing information technology in patient care
  

Roy L. Simpson, RN, C, DPNAP, FAAN
Vice President, Nursing, Cerner Corporation

With more than 600 published articles and presentations on nursing informatics and professional issues to his credit, Dr. Simpson is an internationally known speaker with more than 30 years experience and a contributor to numerous professional publications and editorial boards, including Nursing Forum, Applied Nursing Research and Nursing Administration Quarterly.

Simpson was a pioneer in the development and funding of the Nursing Minimum Data Set (NMDS). He is a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing and National Academies of Practice, a member of the Board of Governors for the National League for Nursing (NLN) and NLN Chair of the Council of Nurse Executives.

Holder of several faculty appointments, Simpson and his colleagues instituted a world-class faculty for an online nursing administration and nursing informatics master’s program.

PRESENTED BY
MCG School of Nursing Academy of Nurse Scholars in Education (ANSE), School of Nursing University of South Carolina Aiken and MCG Division of Continuing Education

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM SCHEDULE

Friday, March 5, 2010
8:00	Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:45	Welcome and Opening Remarks
9:00	Opening Address "Technology, Nursing and Health Care: What's in the Future?" Marilyn Bowcutt, RN, Vice President Patient Care Services, University Health Care System
10:00	Break (Please visit exhibitors)
10:20	Title to be Announced Max Stachura, MD Director, Center for Telehealth Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar in Telemedicine
11:30	Lunch (Box lunch provided)
12:30	"The Impact of Technology on the Future of Health Care" Roy Simpson, RN, C, DPNAP, FAAN Vice President, Nursing, Cerner Corporation
2:00	Break (Please visit exhibitors)
2:20	"Transforming Adult and Pediatric Nursing Care Through Technology" Sandy McVicker, RN Senior Vice President of Patient Care and Chief Nursing Officer for MCGHealth, Inc Barbara Meeks, RN, MSN, MBA, Vice President, Pediatric Patient Care Services, MCGHealth Children's Medical Center
3:30	Questions and Answers and Evaluation
3:45	Adjourn

 

REGISTRATION INFORMATION
If you want to attend this special program and want to guarantee your place, you can register online now.

The registration fee for the conference is $35 and includes lunch. When you register, be sure to select the location that is most convenient for you.

 

QUESTIONS?

Contact the Division of Continuing Education at the Medical College of Georgia. Call 706-721-3967 or 800-221-6437.